Al-Kiya al-Harrasi

al-Kiyā al-Harrāsī
TitleS̲h̲ams al-Islām
Imad al-Din
Al-Ḥāfiẓ
Personal
Born1058
Tabaristan
Died1110 (aged 51–52)
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic golden age
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceShafi'i
CreedAsh'ari[1]
Main interest(s)Fiqh, Usul al-Fiqh, Hadith, Tafsir, Kalam (Islamic theology)
Muslim leader
Influenced by
Influenced

al-Kiyā al-Harrāsī, S̲h̲ams al-Islām ʿImād ad-Dīn Abû ’l-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. ʿAlī aṭ-Ṭabarī (Arabic: إلكيا الهراسي), commonly known as al-Kiya al-Harrasi was a prominent Shafi'i jurisconsult, legal theoretician, traditionist, scriptural exegete, preacher, orator, judge, and Ash'ari theologian, a dialectician who was once regarded as among the foremost practitioners of disputation.[2][3][4] He was the famous pupil of Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni and the class-mate of Al-Ghazali.[5]

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  2. ^ G, Makdisi (2012). "al-Kiyā al-Harrāsī, S̲h̲ams al-Islām ʿImād ad-Dīn Abu 'l-Ḥasan ʿAlī". Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_4412. ISBN 9789004161214.
  3. ^ Sharīf, Wilyam (2010). The Dearest Quest: A Biography of Ibn Tumart. Lulu Press. p. 66-67. ISBN 9781445278254.
  4. ^ Abdullah, Abdul-Samad (22 September 2008). American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 25:4. International Institute of Islamic Thought. p. 35.
  5. ^ Meri, Josef W. (2006). Medieval Islamic Civilization An Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. Routledge. p. 428. ISBN 9780415966900.